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Old 10th March 2024, 12:51 PM   #1
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Default Old Pantar dance shield for sharing

When we speak about Indonesian shields, Dayak shields come to mind, the nice Aceh shields and salawakus from Halmahera maybe.
But only a few from you will have seen a shield from Alor, or in this case a shield from Pantar, the neighbour island in the West with similar culture as Alor.

It's an old dance shield, first half of the 20th century in front painted with modern dye in the typical zig-zag design. It is 136 cm high and around 18 cm broad. I've taken pics from "War Art & Ritual" for comparison, shield 48 & 49.
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Old 20th October 2024, 02:59 PM   #2
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I don't know how I missed this?
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Old 20th October 2024, 09:06 PM   #3
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Same here. Also not familiar with this type of shield.

Thanks for posting this.
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I have guessed that most members are not familiar with these shields, the reason why I started this thread.
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Alor, Pantar, close to the Moluccan archipelago.
Known nowadays for its beautiful sealife and (scuba)diving.
Once fierce warriors, not to mess with...
Enclosed a couple of pics from Alor
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Any information about bows and arrows from that part of the world would be much appreciated! In any language. Easy to find photos online but hard to find anything from a collectors or researchers perspective. Zonneveld does not include much IIRC. The bow with the metal bands and hair ornamentation is wild.
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Any information about bows and arrows from that part of the world would be much appreciated!
Have a look here: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ighlight=arrow
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